Court 4 (Courtney/Saba) remained on serve for the entire first set (according to the electronic scoreboard at the site). I was camped out on the other side watching courts 1-3, but kept my eye on the other scores.

Considering UVa won the first set 6-3 on court 5, I'm not sure Duke was up (other than on serve) in that match either. Of course, I may be wrong, as my attention was on Jenkins/Cunha, Domo/Mengel, and Frank/Torsten.

good win by UVA men - now time to hope Duke can somehow avoid being seeded 8 or 9 with USC looming in the quarters - i continue to be disappointed with Cunha's performances in big ACC matches this year (1-3 vs UVAx2 and UNCx2) - unlikely that he'll beat Johnson for sure

Duke women, on the other hand, should have locked up a 2-3 seed in NCAAs this weekend as long as the NCAA doesn't decide to go to crazy overruling the rankings when they seed that field

it's gonna take a hell of an effort to knock out a lineup like the following next year if people stay healthy and the freshmen make the college transition fairly well (yes, if, if, i know, but that's all you can say at this point in the year) - can't imagine falling before the NCAA semis, and should have as goood a title shot as anyone

1 cunha
2-4 redlicki/mengel/semenzato
5-6 saba/tahir/hemmeler

i expect none of those final 3 are too comfortable with being knocked out of the singles lineup after starting last year, so hopefully they're all putting in the work to get to the next level this summer

it's gonna take a hell of an effort to knock out a lineup like the following next year if people stay healthy and the freshmen make the college transition fairly well (yes, if, if, i know, but that's all you can say at this point in the year) - can't imagine falling before the NCAA semis, and should have as goood a title shot as anyone

1 cunha
2-4 redlicki/mengel/semenzato
5-6 saba/tahir/hemmeler

i expect none of those final 3 are too comfortable with being knocked out of the singles lineup after starting last year, so hopefully they're all putting in the work to get to the next level this summer

go duke! gonna be a rough year on both men's and women's sides for those who don't have some love for the blue devils!

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I think Duke will have a national title shot as well. The scary thing is Saba at 5 considering he went 10-1 in the SCC at 4 last year. Tahir has been putting together great results, would be a near lock at 6. Could beat Virginia as well especially if Frank isn't 100% and not quite as good as last year. If that's the case than Duke is the ACC favorite.

I think Duke will have a national title shot as well. The scary thing is Saba at 5 considering he went 10-1 in the SCC at 4 last year. Tahir has been putting together great results, would be a near lock at 6. Could beat Virginia as well especially if Frank isn't 100% and not quite as good as last year. If that's the case than Duke is the ACC favorite.

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There will be no bigger doubles point in the country than when UVA and Duke play.

Pretty good preview. They are overrating UNC though. Losing Hernandez and Boyajian will be a bigger deal than they realize. I don't believe in Vick as a consistent winner at the top of the line-up and Clark and DePaolo aren't ready for massive contributions.

I was surprised to see Saba up at #2 and Mengel at #4. I always thought Saba had more potential than Mengel but until this point Mengel has been the better college player. Redlicki at 3 is about what I expected. Tahir at 6 will be a strong #6 player. I wonder if Semenzato will get into the line-up at some point.

FSU beat Furman and UCF 7-0. The surprise is that Cotrone was playing #1 vs Furman. He has really improved. From a sometimes #6 player to a top 3 at the least, impressive. I saw him play last year. He did seem to have a large arsenal of shots. He wasn't just a stock player. His speed was lacking though, that likely holds him back.

#4 is too high for Reed. That will be a weakness for FSU. Bucaro had a breakthrough year last year so it is surprising to see him actually take a step back this year and move down to #5.

I was surprised to see Saba up at #2 and Mengel at #4. I always thought Saba had more potential than Mengel but until this point Mengel has been the better college player. Redlicki at 3 is about what I expected. Tahir at 6 will be a strong #6 player. I wonder if Semenzato will get into the line-up at some point.

FSU beat Furman and UCF 7-0. The surprise is that Cotrone was playing #1 vs Furman. He has really improved. From a sometimes #6 player to a top 3 at the least, impressive. I saw him play last year. He did seem to have a large arsenal of shots. He wasn't just a stock player. His speed was lacking though, that likely holds him back.

#4 is too high for Reed. That will be a weakness for FSU. Bucaro had a breakthrough year last year so it is surprising to see him actually take a step back this year and move down to #5.

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I think I read semenzato is not eligible for the first couple matches.

FSU is doing something interesting with their top 3. They are rotating the 3 from positions 1-3. Cotrone, Kelly-Houston and Lock. At the moment it looks like Cotrone is playing the best tennis. Kelly-Houston was in over his head at 1 last season so a move to 2 or 3 will help him immensely. Lock plays a big game that can trouble top players so he could be playing #2 this year. If I were FSU I would just continue the rotation all year and never really set it, in order to throw other teams off.